When is pancreatitis considered to be of biliary origin and what are the implications for management?

Pancreatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 131-141

  Alexakis, N ^a   Lombard, M ^a   Raraty, M ^a   Ghaneh, P ^a   Smart, H L ^a   Gilmore, I ^a   Evans, J ^a   Hughes, M ^a   Garvey, C ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Neoptolemos, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Bile crystal analysis; Cholecystectomy; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Gallstones

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 34447636382     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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